Shoulder decisions — 2025

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including left knee, right knee, hallux valgus, right shoulder, and lumbar spine issues, due to an AOJ error in satisfying a regulatory or statutory duty.

The Board granted service connection for a right shoulder disability, finding that it was aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected loss of use of his bilateral feet due to foot drop.

The Board dismissed the veteran's appeals for service connection for insomnia, a left shoulder disability, a psychotic disorder, and depressive disorder due to untimely filing of a notice of disagreement.

The Board granted service connection for invasive lobular carcinoma of the right breast, status post bilateral mastectomy and a 10 percent initial rating for right wrist tendonitis. The appeal was denied for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for left lower extremity sciatica. Other claims were remanded.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for a compensable rating for his left shoulder status post SLAP procedure due to his failure to appear for a scheduled VA examination without good cause.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 50 percent for the Veteran's migraine disability and remanded claims for higher ratings for an acquired psychiatric disorder, service connection for left shoulder and right knee disorders.

The Board granted service connection for tinnitus, headaches condition, cervical spine condition, lumbar spine condition, left shoulder condition, right hip condition, left knee condition, right knee condition, left ankle condition, right ankle condition, and bilateral foot condition based on the evidence of in-service noise exposure and reports of a continuity of symptomatology from service.

The appeal was denied for a disability rating in excess of 20 percent for the left shoulder, but service connection was granted for right elbow, lateral epicondylitis.

The Board granted service connection for a sleeping disorder, left knee disorder, bilateral foot disorder, and left shoulder disorder. The neck disorder was remanded for further evidence.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his right shoulder and lumbar spine disabilities, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings at any time during the appeal period.

The Board granted an effective date of July 6, 2012, for the grant of service connection for various disabilities including right shoulder strain, lateral hamstring tendon strain of the right leg, limitation of flexion and extension of the left hip, impairment of the left hip, and a right knee scar.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities for a VA examination and medical opinion.

The Board remands the claim for a VA examination to reassess the current severity of the service-connected status post dislocation right shoulder with degenerative joint disease.

The Veteran's right shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis was granted a rating of 40 percent, while other conditions were denied higher ratings.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left and right shoulder scars, finding no evidence of in-service incurrence or a nexus to service.

The Board denied service connection for bilateral flatfoot, left ankle disability, left knee disability, left shoulder disability, and migraines. A 20 percent rating was granted for the status post fracture of the 4th metatarsal.

The Board granted service connection for a left shoulder dislocation injury based on evidence showing the condition began during active service.

The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for right and left foot strain, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, left shoulder pain, and insomnia due to new and relevant evidence. The claims for service connection for right and left knee strains, chronic back pain, left hip pain, left hand pain, and left wrist pain were denied as no such evidence was received.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right shoulder disorder and median nerve pain and numbness in the right upper extremity, including as due to the right shoulder disorder, for further development.

The Board granted an initial 40 percent rating for the Veteran's right shoulder condition from August 30, 2013.